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Three teachers at Sandy Hook sacrificed themselves to save their pupils

Miss Soto, who had taught at the school for five years was described by one of her deeply distraught 10-year-old boy pupils as ‘really nice and funny’, was trying to shield her students and usher them into a closet when she came face-to-face with the gunman.

Miss Soto’s cousin, Jim Wiltsie, said: “She put herself between the gunman and the children and that’s when she was tragically shot and killed,’ Mr Wiltsie said.

“I’m just proud that Vicki had the instincts to protect her kids from harm. It brings peace to know that Vicki was doing what she loved, protecting the children and in our eyes she’s a hero,’ he added.

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Indeed, and then you have this – the one who s/b presidentin’ displayed indecency, twice, yesterday and today; he offered political fodder instead of just sincere condolences to the families, over an incredible tragedy, due to illness.

The media and him can go straight to Hades, with Bloomberg leading them.

Four teachers murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School all died heroes as they attempted to save their young pupils from a gunman they recognised as the son of one of the school’s kindergarten teachers.

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I remember one of these bastards with a camera filming a man who had broken his neck being being placed on stretcher and taken to an ambulance while the man’s fiance was begging and screaming at him to back off.

Wherein I wonder if it shouldn’t be national policy that teachers be armed.

Count to 10 on December 15, 2012 at 4:15 PM

“We are disinclined to engage in another round of historical analysis to determine whether eighteenth-century America understood the Second Amendment to include a right to bear guns outside the home. The Supreme Court has decided that the amendment confers a right to bear arms for self-defense, which is as important outside the home as inside,” the judges ruled.

“The theoretical and empirical evidence (which overall is inconclusive) is consistent with concluding that a right to carry firearms in public may promote self-defense. Illinois had to provide us with more than merely a rational basis for believing that its uniquely sweeping ban is justified by an increase in public safety. It has failed to meet this burden.”

I understand the thinking but the killer was equipped with a bullet proof vest and a high power rifle. Would someone armed with a handgun really stand a chance against this kind of assailant? Frankly I am not sure if a regular policeman could have stopped someone armed and equipped this way and you can see why law enforcement showed up in full gear with assault rifles.

Should our teachers really be kitted out for combat? I wish there was an easy answer.